The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Unwilling as we are, and ever have been, during the ex periment of conciliatory n.easures, or measures professed to be conciliatory, to make any observations calculated to impede their success, we cannot close our eyes against the evidences springing up on all sides in Ireland of the utter inadequacy of the recent Tithe Act to give satisfaction to the people of that country, or set at rest that much agi tated question. Independently of the numerous meetings preliminary to the formation of the Precursor Society and its several branches, at which it was declared, almost with the solemnity of an oath, that nothing short of the total abolition of tithes in name and nature should be received by the people as a fair adjustment of their claims, there have been a variety of other recent meetings of . which the specific and only object was the utter extinction of this abhorred and bloodstained impost. This determination on the part of the Irish people is not the result of any individual exertion, but a simulta neous and unanimous action excited by a deep and univer sal consciousness of wrong and oppression. Excitement raised by the violent declamation of a few individuals more sensitive of injustice, or more restless than their fellows, is easily appeased, or exhausts itself ; but it is far different when a sense of injury furnishes a constant stimulus to the pursuit of justice. When a people are thus urged on, agi tation may be expected to cease only with the wrong which goads it into action. There can be no greater mistake than to suppose that the present agitation in Ireland is caused by Mr. O'Connell and a few coadjutors. On the con trary, /Slr. O'Connell is at the present moment the mere agent of what has been not inaptly termed " the pressure from without." He cannot, if he would, beat back the swelling tide which impels the ark of liberty and justice. Were he to attempt it, he would be speedily in gulphed in the surge of popular commotion. Even as it is, the waves were raging at his feet when he was supposed to have fixed the present abortive tithe law as the limits of popular rights, and it was only by shifting his posi tion, like another Canute, that he escaped being over whelmed by the mighty waters, which owned no su premacy but nature's eternal laws. Like Canute, too, we believe Mr. 0 - Connell merely affected to be lieve the tide of public feeling would subside at his dicta tion, in order to convince others, who would persuade him that his power was paramount to all other causes and principles of action, ofa fact of whichhe was himself perfectly conscious. Whatever the motive, however, the lesson has been taught in both ways, and it needs no second glance at the state of Ireland to convince the most casual ob server, that the continuation of tithes under any shape or denomination is an impossibility. Nor will genuine Pro testantism have anything to regret in this regard ; for, as a clergyman of the established religion recently observed, no matter what becomes of the revenues of the Church, the Church itself must still flourish, its ministers will attend to their flocks, and its bishops continue to ordain pastors. With this sentiment we concur, and though we may not have so many mitred political pamphleteers, we have no doubt religion will not suffer by the change.—Morning Advertiser. We have already laid before the public the principal grounds upon which the Irish Railway Commissioners have arrived at the opinion that a judicious system of railroads undertaken as a public or national work for the improvement end benefit of Ireland would amply repay the necessary expense of the undertaking. To this part of the report again and again let us entreat the attention of the British public. The enterprise proposed concerns Ireland directly and immediately, but it affects the welfare of the entire kingdom neither slightly nor remote'y ; and the views of the Commissioners have not been formed, or their re commendations made, without the largest and most comps heesive co ssiderations of the general interest. That such a Commission was issued reflects the greatest honour upon the Government ; that the Commissioners conducted their inquiries with such sagacity, caution, and unremitting assiduity, and have given the results of their labours to the public, in a Re port drawn up in a manner so succinct, lutnineus, and foreiele, containing so vast a body of such exact and va luable knowledge in so small a compass, end conveyin g that knowledge with a clearness of arrangement so emi nently favourabl e to its general diffusion, cannot fail to prove a service of the first order. Whether the recom mendations of the Commissioners be acted upon or net, that the work they have executed so admirably feral be psoductive of excellent results is a point upon which there can be ne question. Were we to rtep no other fruit from this Commission than the Incas of important information which it has been grans of colleztiaz and disseminating relative to the real condition of Ireland and the Irish people, never were a few thousand pounds of the public money more ra tionally and usefully expended. We can point to one pal s•-g.. 3 of the Report, containing only seven pages (from p. 79 to p. 63, " On the present Condition of the Population of Irolan,i"), which, drawn up by such authorities as these Commissioners, and containing the results of their p a ti en t investigations, uninfluenced by ' any motive but that of dis covering the truth and f ethfully discharging the trust re posed in them, would nst be dear to the public, had there been no further return for the small sum of 16,000/., whien (air readers will hear with astonishment) has been the entire cost of a commission of such vast labour and importance beyond calculatioc. We know that the description of infor m ition which this Report comprises is such as a certain party in the State, whose prospects of power are built upon the depression and disparagement of Ireland, would gladly withhold from the e. 3 es of Enelishmen. We know the source of the miserable cavils, with which we have been so irnrneasurahly disgusted, at the cost of an undertaking, the expense of which ought not to have been spoken of, had it been tea or twenty times as great as it has be.m. We wi I venture to say that double the money that this invaluable commission has cost the public has been expended by the Tories in the same space of time in amassing and propagat ing those countless falsehoods and slanders respecting the state of Ireland with which their organs arc so plenteously supplied, and from which it is their grand object that this country should take ail its views and notions as to that part of the empire. It is not the 16,0001. that the Tories rejret, but the tendency of that intelligence which, at so sn.all exp.mdi ure, this Commission has proved the i,•trument of puttin into circulation. The report of the C.,anni-sioners corumnnicates the bitter knowledge thai Ireland is a rapdly improving country, affordi ng_ every n 'ouralement to whatt.‘er projects an enlightened bene s o:enee might set on foot to promote its welfare. The re port discloses the painful truth that Ireland wants nothing but a humane and rational consideration of her state and interests to place her upon terms of perfect equality in agricultural skill, in commercial actisity, in arts and ma rmftctures, in civilization, order, wealth, and comfort, wlth the more favoured branches of the empire. The re-' port opens views of the condition of the Irish people which promise to prove formidable rivals to the de lineations of the Standard and the pictures of the 'macs. The report sets up facts resting upon authority to which it is utterly impossible to demur, in unintentional, but. therefore the more valuable and decisive, contradiction to mere -tales, fictions, forgeries, and all the family of base and baseless fabrications. The report will create an Eng lish interest in the state and prospects of Ireland, whereas the grand end of Tory policy is to make Ireland despic able and detested. Nothing therefore surprises us less than the symptoms of vexation and resentment which have already manifested themselves against the first step of another great measure for the benefit of the sister country. We trust we may be right in regarding this pregnant document as only the precursor of the magnificent enterprise which it holds out so truly as worthy the ambition of the British public. We trust the Tories will have to digest the execution by a Liberal Government of the undertaking recommended - by this able and indefatigable Commission. The foundations of order have been laid by a few years of a wise, because a just and confiding, Administration. To strengthen and to widen the basis of a social change so beneficial, should now be the object of the statesman ; and most assuredly better means of accomplishing it are not to - he devised or imagined, than to open some vast field of public industry, and bring the habits of tranquillity that , spring from steady and permanent employm ent i nto junc tion and co-operation with those orderly and peaceable ten dencies which have always so happily developed them 'selves under the unaided influence of a just Government. Enlightened and exalted has been the course which it is the glory of that Government to have not only pur sue&but originated in I reland. Th e moral revolution it has wrought upon the people is a theme of admiration and wonder throughout Europe. Where a wilderness bowled a garden has begun to bloom. The mouths of it s fi ercest enemies acknowledge the decline of turbulence and crime nnder its pacifying and healing sway. Its popularity has not been earned by criminal laxity, or false clemency, or those slavish concessions to clamour which ever have and ever must distinguish and disgrace a Tory Go vernment in Ireland. The popularity of the pre sent Administration springs from the true and the healthy source, the universal consci o usness that the country has improved under its guidance ; that all the public disorders have been mitigated ; that with all its attend an t bl ess i ngs , h as been established upon peace, sure foundations. Great, however, as hare been the bene fits it has conferred, and glorious the triumphs it has achieved, it has more services yet to render, more laurels yet to win. The condition of the peasantry—the state of the bulk of the population in all that concerns the physical comforts and enjoyments which make life easy or desirable —this state has yet to be relieved and elevated ; and until this be done the existence of a Liberal Government will be Vitro* security against popular convulsions upon which any dependence can be placed. We known that the en terprise to which we point is one which cannot originate with the Marquis of Normanby or the other Noble mdivi- AL S THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1838. dual who so admirably co-operates with him in every states manlike labour and patriotic services : it is one which the Ministry must take into its thoughts and councils ; and it i 3 upon the most anxious attention of the Ministry we would press the subject.—Morning Chronicle. The report of the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider of the punishment of transportation has just appeared. We have devoted a considerable space to-day to the insertion of a portion of it, to which we direct the attention of the reader. The report con cludes with the subjoined resolutions, which embody, in fact, the substance of the report itself, if indeed such vague and almost unmeaning suggestions can be said to have any substance at all. The fifth resolution, with the air of propounding something ♦ery benevolent and wise, contains mere twaddle. What is meant by the solemnly announced propositon that "it would be advantageous to establish a plan by which a convict might receive en couragement to leave the country, by which the prospect of supporting himself by regular industry, and ultimately regaining the place in society which he had forfeited by crime—that if such encourage ment were limited to convicts who should have conducted themselves uniformly well during their confinement, it might at the same time operate as an encouragement to good be haviour during confinement, and might considerably dimi nish the prejudice which must to a certain degree attach to any person known to have been convicted of a serious offence ?" Will these sages have the goodness to be a little more precise—will they tell us what is the nature of this plan, and something of its locality ? And will they tell us how the great difficulty is still to be overcome—namely, the mode of dealing with that immense majority of thieves, who never had " any place in society," who would rather be hanged than support themselves by " regular industry," and to whom an occasional confinement in prison is merely an agreeable variety in their profligate and reckless career 1 Our own conviction is, that all moral reform must begin by the careful and religious education of the children of the poor —we especially mean of the lowest class of poor. The early inculcation of the duty and advantage of good conduct may, and in nine cases out of ten will, conduce to a decent and industrious course of life ; but any hope that a man of twenty or thirty bred in vice, and who knows of no duty to others except to steal without their knowledge, and of none to himself except to avoid, if possible, the hulks or the gallows, will by some moral conjuration all at once become right-principled is as base less as it would be for a surgeon to expect to make an adult, distorted and hump-backed from his infancy, as straight and shapely as Apollo. Education, conducted under the auspices of sensible and conscientious persons, would, we have no doubt, in a few years diminish that im mense class of frauds and delinquencies, which is the daily work of the poorest and most ignorant felons, by at least three-fourths ; and as to the greater crimes, the result of strong passions, they are never very numerous among the poor, and among the other classes are becoming fewer from day to day by the improved habits of thinking and living. " 1. That transportation to New South Wales and to the settled districts of Van Dieman's Land should be discontinued as soon as practicable. " 2. That crimes now punishable by transportation should, in future, be punished by confinement with hard labour at home or abroad, for periods varying from two to fif teen years. " 3. That for the purpose of effectually maintaining disci pline and subordination among the convicts sentenced to con finement abroad, of promoting the legitimate ends for which punishment is inflicted, and also of preventing a recurrence of those social evils which have been found by experience to result from transportation, as hitherto conducted, for the penitentiaries or houses of confinement that may be established abroa 4 , shall (so far as possible) be strictly limited to those places wherein there are at present no free settlers, and where in effectual security can be taken aga;nst the future resort of such settlers. " 4. That rules should be established by which the ex isting practice of abridging the periods of punishment of convicts in consequence of their good conduct may be brought under stricter regulation, and r,:ndered less vague and ar bitrary. " 5. That on account of the difficulty which a convict finds in this country in procuring the means of honest livelihood after the expiration of his sentence, and on account of the temptation to which he is thereby exposed, it would be ad vantageous to establish a plan by which a convict might re ceive encouragement to leave the country, by which the pros pect of supporting himself by regular industry, and ultimately regaining the place in society which he had forfeited by crime —that if such encouragement were limited to convicts who should have conducted themselves uniformly well during their confinement, it might at the same time operate as an encou. ragement to good behaviour during confinement, and might considerably diminish the prejudice which must to a certa , n degree attach to any person known to have been convicted of a serious offence. "6. That the convicts who have been punished abroad should be compelled to leave the settlement in which they have been punished within a limited period after the expiration of their sentences, and that means should be afforded them by the Government for this purpose."-_ Times. It is singular enough, yet the fact is undeniably so, that our fellow-countrymen in Scotland have been at the sane time distinguished for extreme good sense, and extravagant nonsense ; for loyalty and attachment to the Crown an Constitution, and for the most preposterous schemes of radicalism and revolution. It was at Glasgow, for instance, that to Sir Robert Peel, after having been elected the head of the University, a grand Conservative banquet was lately given, and it is at Glasgow that we see a " Universal Suffrage Association" forming, which bids fair to make that place the focus and the hotbed of renewed sedition. The following are given out as the " principles" of this new association : " 1. That all men by nature are equal in reloect to civil and religious rights, and that civil distinctions are founded on public utility alone. " 2. That every one contributing to the support of a State, is entitled to a voice in its regulation and general procedure. " 3. That every one acting for himself, and not as the re presentative of another, is entitled to exercise his privilege secretly. 4. That the representative of others ought to be supported by those whom he represents, subject to their control, and elected annually." No one t) presume to belong to this society who does not acloi t these principles, and pay twopence entrance. Whether such principles are really worth twopence re mains to be seen. Beyond the mischief it can do, the whole creed, in our estimation, is not worth a farthing. It is now almost half a century ago since Tom Paine, with more talent, and certainly with no less malignity than his present followers, first broached the doctrines which these twopenny patriots seem so anxious to revive. Though we must do the republican staymaker the justice to admit, that he, in his " Rights of Man," has stated nothing so absurd as the last of the above propositions—viz., that representatives should receive a salary from their constituents. In the ears of the tail how delightful this must sound. How preferable to the uncertain share of the rent which they are now doomed to look for from the voracious, grasping hand which takes and would retain it all. What a precious set of Members of Parliament should we possess, if the country were doomed to pay for the services of every spouting tailor or cobbler, whose sole recommendation and fitness should be that of having made himself agreeable to the twopenny patriots at the Hole-in-the 'Wall at Glasgow and else where. But it is, perhaps, fortunate after all, that the Radicals of Glasgow make no secret of their principles, and that they are of the extreme Ultraism thus avowed. Had they been more moderate, they would have been more dangerous ; had they been more concealed, they might have been more mischievous. Though they avow all the absurd equality contended for by Paine, they have hitherto been prudently anxious to place them selves under a leader and a chief—thus abandoning their equality before it had begun. Hitherto they have looked alternately to Lord Durham and Lord Brougham ; but these Noble Lords, though by no means unfriendly to agitation, or indifferent to mob applause, are much too wary to embark in the one or accept the other upon the principles here broached. So that by embarking at once in such violent extremes these Glasgow Radicals cut from und er t h em the kind ' of support° upon which they have hitherto placed the highest value. When we add that, in additi on to the principlts er o s n which . this Asso ciationt is found e d, we see the members by avowing that " the Nation a l Debt iscaarrroyagertomhoicuh it is their duty t o ge t r id o f as early as possible " y h which can be no doubt as t o it s revolutionary tendency and designs. In one point o f v i ew, h owever, we agree with the Gla s4 sge n w s. Radicals— v i z ., th at i s to the conduct of the Whigs we owe this and other outbursts of popular fury, and that it is only by thei r remova l f rom o ffi ce that public opinion can be righted, a n d t h e a ff a i rs of the country safely and honour ably carried on.—Herald. The St. James's Theatre, it seems, is to be let for a term of years, Mr. Brahman being inclined to take a little well-earned repose. The splendour and elegance of this house, confessedly the chef-d'oeuvre of Beately, combined with, the excellence o f s i tuat i on, render it a highly eligible estab lishment a theo Opera exhibition Boff a o o r f ltibeehot otherFrenchvaudevilles.comedians,htlateatrein Smith London. . has We are informed that °n Com to m Committee Wefor made good the deficiency in the funds of the e conducting the late Coronation festivities in this would recommend all festive Committees for the future remember the old fable of the bear and the hunter. catch your bear, then skin him ;" as it generally turns o u t, no go" when the skin is sold before the bear is caught. Committees should never wilfully become insolvent.—Car narvon Herald. L•RGE HER RING.—An immense herring was caught on the Skinburness coast on Saturday morning last, by John Beattie; it was of the extraordinary length of sixteen inches, eight inches and a half in girth, and weighed lei ounces.—Carlisle Patriot. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, SSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 11. `lumber Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. raid. Shire 1,766 7 pea cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 97/.18.5. sh. 135 1,082 4/. Ashby-de-le-Zouch .... ..... Average 11: . ».5h. 65 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.6h. 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1.501 sh 10C 13,000 1-16 sh. 9/ 6s. Birmingham, 1.16 th share Si'. & 711. 220 a 000 .... , Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l o, ll eh. 100 pd 2 14 600 3 . /7 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/ sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001.5 h. 102 500 491. Caventry 1001. sh. 745 4.545 Croydon 2,0601 41. Os, Dudley „. 1001. sh. 83 660 14,. Derby 1001.5 h. 133 29,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 30 3,5751 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1 331 . sh• 7 7 231 46c. Erewash 1001.8 n. 700 1,297 29/. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. th. 570 1,600 121. Grand Juncticr, 1001. sh. 202 2,4494 11. Grand Union 1001. sh 25 ..... 11,500 Grand Surrey 0,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan l6Ol. t 3 3 496 600 131.125. ad. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 23€ 749 10t. Grantham 150/. sh. 203 6,233 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. fix. 6d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 5.929 D. ss. Kennet snd Avon, Average 39/.lBs. 10d. sh 251 2,997; 241. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 670 5451 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. 220 1,897 6!. Os. Leicester and. Northampton... Aver i 3/. 10s. 91 2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 20 150 10/. Melton Mowbray lOW. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 3.000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001 sh. all pd. 52 247 ill. Neath 100/. sh. 325 2,100 51. Peak Forest Aves..ge about 781. sh. "104 1,418 I. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. WI 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. L'9 500 al. Eltropshire /251. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 1514 3,600/. 44 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 105. sh. 114 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 'zBo 300 91. Stourbridge ..., . 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon 791.95. 00. sh. 40 533 151. Swansea 100/. sh. 250 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 351. sh. 35 2,600450. 721. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share 100/. sh. 600 8.149 1 1 ik o4 l Oshsh.-1 16/. Warwick aid Birmingham 1001. sh 281 ,00 280 15t. Warwick and Napton 1001.5h. WO 6,000 4/.08. Worcestar and Birmingham... Av. 78/.8%. sh. 731 5,000 255. Wilts an.' Berke .. Average 67/. 10s: Bd. sh. 23 800 31. W yrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 905 la. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 224 DOCKS. 2,600 k } Op. e Commercial • 3 00/.sh. 1,06515 h East and West India Stock 3,238,3101/. 555. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol 1C5,3i222,74512. 51. 5 p p e e r r c c e ert . . St, Katharine Notes,thariile various amounts Stock 500,000 41 , per cent. Ditto Bonds , 20 , .%000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 2.500 . .... Deptford Pier....... 201. sh. 201. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 Ifs. Hammersmitl . ..... .501. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old .Av. 631 . 2s. Bd. sh. 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, all r, cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8l , 60/. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 60,000/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonus 5,618 17s Vauxhall Average 701, 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 5110 s Albion ma .5001. sh. 501. pd 10,"A"'" nn 1. r 5 per cent./ and 15s. Alliance,British& Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 24,000 V per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 1,200 lA. 51. Birmingham t• ire 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh, 51 p d 5,000 5/. percent. Clerical, Medi .al,&c. Life, ICOLsh. 2110 s pd 4,000 21 las County 100!. sh. 10/. pd 20,000 ss. Eagle nn. r er cenL/ Economic tile -"' lan p d 301 bs. 1000/. sh. 2501. pd 2,271 225. per cent. European Li, . ' , Ol sh, all pd 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe Suck 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 40,000 es. ed. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 7,500 9s. Imperial I .ste 1001. sh. 104 pd 13,458 41. per cent. Indemnity Marine ...... Jou sh. 8/. pd 2,020 3! 102 Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 31. Ditto Life 10,000 les. Law Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 5 000 Irls. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 3,00 n IN. 1.0110 on, Ship ... ........ 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 et per cent. Palladium Lilo 501. sh. 21. pd 2/ 8s Od 50,009 4/. per cent. Protector Fire ..... ....... ...... - 201. sh. 2/, pd 17.0 d 2,500 U. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 10/, pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. I/. pd 7 680,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University 1.1:e lOO/. sh. 5!. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life ... 1001. sh. 51. pd 71 JOINT STUCK BANKS .25,000 8 percent. A gric. and Comm. of I reland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5 ; 000 Australasia 4O!. sh. 40/. pd 63 112,,10(3 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5ll. sh. 10/. psi 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank . . 5O/. sh. 51. pd lei 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 23i 6 0 ,000 5/. London Joint Stock 511. sh. 10/. pd 12 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 50 25,000 Liverpool 100! sh. 101. pd 234 109,000 74 per sent Alanthester and Liverpool/ 50/. sh. 151 pd 2) Distri^ , 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 100/.811. 251 pd 27 20,000 ... ...... Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. psi 42 : 0,. 00 ... ...... National Bank of Ireland 5O/. sh 174/. pd ICJ 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 35!. pd 344 10,000 Gioucesterihirc 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AN 1) COKE COMPANIES. 2,51)1 11 ni Od Bath 2O!. sh. 111. pd 2 4 5,000 British 401.4h. M. pd 211 %OM ra•Fd ercen . t l Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pi 221 n Bs. Os. 928 5110 s Birmingham 5Ol. sh, 98 1,250 421 Os Bristol 2O . sh. 36 1,500 3/ 10s Brighton 20/. sh. 11. 754) 31 10s Ditto, New '2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 2,471 44 per cent. Brignton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 51. Continental Consolidated 1,000 101. City of London .................100!. sh. all pd 196 ',up° 61. Ditto, New 1,000 41. Ifs. Equitable lOl. pd 304 19,1'00 2; per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. ' miependent V/. sh. all pd 49 11,000 3/. per cent. Phaiiiif 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 22,3 1,009 4!. per cent. Itatcliff . 100/ sh. 801. pd 56 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 101. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 29: 249 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 2,000 3!. Westmins c.er Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto few 511: .... .2 ... .. 510 5 0, 1 1. . s . sph h d: 5 7 ,4 1 Bf.o Yar.nouth 2O/. sh. 12!. Pd h WATER WORKS, 1,600 Os. rirroingh-un . 25/. sh. eu pd 214 1,1:34 61. East London lOOl, sh. 110 5, , i4 , 0 2/ 2 10s (Ireinitid. ... .. .0 . actio .1 ....Average 41/ 13s1.0041: s sh, 5!)1 2oro 1. K 372 101. Liverpool 800 de 2 , 201. sh. 1,500 21 108 New River 1.0 radon Bridge Water A nnuities ... 0,480 1/ 15s Manchester a./ id Salford lOO/. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South Londe., lOOl. sh. 87 8,2A4 41. 85 1 ~ . 3 0 6 0: 0 3 .. 1 . 1 . ... 4 . .s . . _ (C(CEBY4, Commercial_ Birmingham West r o: nik:mi Great i Calcutta a3jlggvriuuchiheai Middles a l ai d d tm i i ean and C I 0 . 1 .):.: ....Average :s e e r : Prop ge 63 1. 1 2s 1 . 00 9 ". S s il l 1 . U r 2 2 IRON RAILWAYS, 6,300 9,580 Cheltenham': 15, 00 Bristol and E xeter 660 Oa i b lc y ester . 1 . 5000 ... 11 ...... 5 . h . h.. 3 04 2 ; 1 5 1 p di pl, 8 1 7,51/0 3,003 Clarence . ... 100/. sh. 100 1 P 4 4 " 12,000 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd 5, Dublin and 'Kilkruny my, sh. 5/. pd : 3 60,000 1 - ' , lstern Co unties 251. sh. 744 pd 5 estern...loo/. 211;121/ 9 Great Nort h of England 2,010 112rtlepool.„ ... lOO/. sh. 1001. psi 100 6,000 I hill and Selby 5Ol. sh. 154 Pd 91 10,00 q Lucia and Mar .cheater 7001; s h , sh. 1 6 11 3 5 a / II . : pd PdPd 1781 i 1001. sh. 5/. pd 2,10 Si. per rent. Leeds and Silt y 100 sh. 1,500 1/.55. Lecester and :Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd 5,103 10 per rent. Liverpool and. Manchester...lotl.sh. 100/. Pd 10 per cent. Ditto Qinaher Shares v .s/. pd 36 . 0 00 ......... London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 114 Pd 12,000 London ann. Blackwall 501. sh. 31 pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ......201. sB. 204 Pd 2.5,000 London ann Birmingham -.1001. sh. 901. Pd Ditto Qua rter Shares 5/. Pd 20,000 ••• 11,000 London and Croydon Trunk 201. sh. 201. pd 6,4'00 Ditto New Scrip MM.. ....•W. 10s. Pd 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 51. pd 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 1004 sh. 30!. pd 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 101. pd North Midland 1001. 01. 451. pd ......... North e , si and Eastern.... 1001. sh. 15 , . pd 2,600 ... ...... Preston and Wy re 50/. sh. 3 0 /. pd 2 % 000 ...... South Eastern su Id Dover 9/. Pd 1,000 1411, per cent. Stockton and Ds xlingtott 101'!. sh. 9,000 . ........ Thames Haven 5Ol. sh 21. 10s. pd 1,400 ......... Westminster ant 1 Greenwich 50/. sh. 2!. pd 6,000 ........ York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 12!. pd MIKES. 8,000 ......... Albion Copper 5/. sh. 34!. pd 4,000 11. ss. A lten 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, .'si. 5/. pm.... 100/. sh, all pd Ditto Subscripti on 951. pa 2,000 1"1, Bolanos 1501. sh all pd 10,000 11. 108 Brazilian Imp. iss. N. pm .35/. sh. '2Ol. pd 11061:11(0;x0)0 .................... ...... a N D l oi a lt ca itvoa u sr b t as e jo ec ophpe eo riir c pc a s es oimß U pea n yn it y e . d - 251. sh. 2il. pd cEcGcoanoe D inpgnii i idlem t ai; t p i anhbllg Sc :mn r .i i n p .i..iss.:g 2 2 ° 5 0:/ . .. Is 1 : s h h h : ..h...14..21041.11/1.1..... pd r i -) : P C I 10,000 ...„,..„ pd 20,000 British Iron ...... ............ 50/. sh. 50/ pd 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca 10,000 11 .5 1 1 55 p 0c i 1ti0n.. 205 .20 51 1. 818 2 2hh li i: . 5 576 t i c i l PEl p d d 8,500 ... 2,850 31. 20,000 6,155 .... ..... Mexican Comp.arvy 3,000 Polberou Consols , lO/. sh. 8/ pd 1,500 Real del Monte L inregistered ... . - Ditto Loan Not es United Ditto N Mexican, ew sor iss. p .. ........................................................................................................... 995 1,0 00 ........ L IA C WI I T t e n E d R o t n 'Ag , rß w kY ith 4 l :B ri S r , o:n . MI. sh. 50/. pd 1,500 .... ..... London University R A u u ss st e r l a l lian A King' College ....• .......... sh. MISCELLANEOUS 70 0 .... 1 . 55 ..... ,0,000 sh . . 281. a 2 u), , o o gicl 6 3, 1 : p: e r r e:v e i n ] cent. Canada Lo Ca u n n a dp cl oper C cc o o m arn e .adsa il l ' ,Loan ....... 1004 , 6,000 4L per cent. Br D iti l s t iAl ri e p r car, ................................................................................ 8 ! . 1 1 City Bonds, per cent.......... . 10,-,s u . as. General Steam N - avigation ...lit. sh.iz .. ~.,- -i 101, per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock .................... .... ,..t :HerarrlanB anl ad: kaG: raWi 1 2,000 IL Caoutchouc Company 8,000 251. sh. 1244 so g National Loan Flinn' ..........., 2/ . & ~ 500,00 ( 01. • ..pd os New Brunswick Land Cerny'? 2 2 : 7 , 2 5 5 2 pe p ar r c ee e n nt. t. Reversionary 4e Interest Soc... 00 .11: . 1 5 0 ° 0 1 1F1 137 i 4,000 10,000 6s. Van D ie nen's Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd 111 30,000 20,000 1# 1431 35i 51 130 101 23 5 7: 188 1 c9ii 2 , 48: 240 0 0 11 /s.hs.hso. all pd 1866,...2./.. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES AUG. 25, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,0004 6/. p. a Ear •of Scotland 831.65. Bd. sh, all pd 1934 500,000/. lii p. ct. Br. ash Linen Company 1001. sh. ali pd ~„,. 2,000 . ,00(1. 54 p. ct. Bo- ,of Scotland 3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 250 1 : 5001. sh. lox pd I; 7`,' . 5.200,000 i. :-, o. et. National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd Igl 2,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 4,000,000/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland . 2OOl sh • INSURANCE CO3Ii . A.NIE. 404 Pd 591 . 250,0005 h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 11. pd 3cs. 7,500 Of p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 13/ 15g. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland -.101. sh. all pd 910 s. 50,000 6p. ct. Nort h British 2001. sh. 10/. pd Ist. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire lON. sh. 10/. pd 1910, 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh I .ife 100/. sh. 10/. pd 14110 s 100,000 3} p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 7, es MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ... ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 101. Ditto Allocated 96!. sh. all pd 501. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Watcr 25/. sh. all pd 391, Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 44/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotta Iron Founder) , 501. sh 48/, pd 5 2 4 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 16/. pd 8/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas '25/. sh. all pd 6 01„ 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 951. sh. all pd 1324 750 174 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh, all pd 4 8 1 . 1,2e0. ... ...... Edinburgh and Dallieith Raeway...49/. sh 381 . 1 000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Coln pany.“."4sl. eh. pd W. W. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—William Powley Meek Esq., to be Captain, July 3!. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. The Queen's Own Royal Staffordshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert William Hand, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice B. Bond, resigned, Aug. 30. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. Queen's Loyal Taunton Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—James Cruikshanks Dansey, Gent., to be Cornet, Sept. 3. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. (H. R. REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner.) Essex—At Chelmsford, Tuesday, Oct. 30. Essex—At Colchester, Wednesday, Oct. 31. Suffolk—At Ipswich, Thursday, Nov. 1. Norfolk—At Yarmouth, Saturday, Nov. 3. Norfolk—At Norwich and City, Monday, Nov. 5. Norfolk—At Lynn, Wednesday, Nov. 7. Suffolk—At Bury St. Edmond's, Thursday, Nov. 8, Cambridgeshire—At Cambridge, Friday, Nov. 9. Huntingdonshire—At Huntingdon, Monday, Nov. 12. Northamptonshire—At Peterborough, Tuesday, Nov. 13. Lincolnshire—At Lincoln and City, Wednesday, Nov. 14. Nottinghamshire—At Nottingham and Town, Friday, Nov. 16. Derbyshire—At Derby, Monday, Nov. 19. At the City of Litchfield, Tuesday, Nov. 20. Staffordshire--At Stafford, Wednesday, Nov. 21. Shropshire—At Shrewsbury, Friday, Nov. 23. Shropshire—At Oldbury, Monday, Nov. 26. Warwickshire—At Birmingham, Tuesday, Nov. 27. Warwickshire—At Warwick, Thursday, Nov. 29. At the City of Coventry—Saturday, Dec. 1. Leicestershire—At Leicester, Monday, Dec. 3. Northamptonshire —At Northampton, Wednesday, Dec. 5. Bedfordshire—At Bedford, Thursday, Dec. 6. Buckinghamshire —At Aylesbury, Friday, Dec 7. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. (J. G. HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner.) Berkshire-At Reading, Monday, Oct. 29. Oxfordshire-At Oxford, Wednesday, Oct. 31. Worcestershire-At Worcester and City, Friday, Nov. 2. Radnorshire-At Presteigne, Saturday, Nov. 3 Herefordshire-At Hereford, Monday, Nov. 5. Gloucestershire-At Gloucester and City, Wednesday, Nov. 7. Monmouthshire-At Monmouth, Saturday, Nov. 10. Glamorganshire--At Cardiff, Tuesday, Nov. 13. Glamorganshire-At Swansea, Thursday, Nov. 15. Carmarthenshire-At Carmarthen and Borough, Nov. 17. Pembrokeshire-At Haverfordwest and Town, Nov. 19. Cardiganshire-At Cardigan, Wednesday, Nov. 21. Brecknockshire-At Brecon, Friday, Nov. 23. At the City of Bristol-Monday, Nov. 26. Somersetshire-At Bath, Wednesday, Nov. 28. Somersetshire-At Wells, Thursday, Nov. 29, At the City of Exeter-Monday, Dec. 3. Devonshire-At Exeter Castle, Tuesday, Dec. 4. Devonshire-At Plymouth, Thursday, Dec. 6. Cornwall-At Bodmin, Friday, Dec. 7. Dorsetshire-At Dorchester, Tuesday, Dec. 11. At the Towi of Southampton-Thursday, Dec. 13. Wiltshire-At Salisbury, Saturday, Dec. 15. Hampshire-At Winchester, Monday, Dec. 17. HOME CIRCUIT. (T. B. BowEN, Esq., Commissioner.) Kent-At Dover, Wednesday, Oct. 24. At the City of Canterbury-Thursday, Oct. 25. Kent-At Maidstone, Friday, Oct. 26. Sussex-At Horsham, Monday, Oct. 29. Hertfordshire-At Hertford, Friday, Nov. 30. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. (W. J. LAW, Esq., Commissioner.) Rutlandshire-At Oakham, Tuesday, Oct. 23. Yorkshire-At Sheffield, Thursday, Oct. 25. Yorkshire-At Wakefield, Friday, Oct. 26. At the City of York, Saturday, Nov. 3. At the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, Monday, Nov. 5. Yorkshire-At York Cs.stle, Tuesday, Nov. 6. Yorkshire-At Richmond, Wednesday, Nov. 7. Durham-At Durham, Thursday, Nov. 8. At the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Friday, Nov. 9. Northumberland-At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 10. Cumberland-At Carlisle, Tuesday, Nov. 13. Westmorland-At Appleby, Wednesday, Nov. 14. Westmorland-At Kendal, Friday, Nov. 16. Lancashire-At Lancaster, Saturday, Nov. 17. Lancashire-At Preston, Monday, Nov. 26. Lancashire-At Liverpool, Tuesday, Nov. 27. Cheshire-At Chester Castle, Friday, Nov. 30. At the City of Chester, Saturday, Dec. 1. Flintshire-At Mold, Monday, D ec. 3. Denbighshire-At Ruthin, Tuesday, Dec. 4. Anglesey-At Beaumaris, Thursday, Dec. 6. Carnarvonshire- At Carnarvon, Friday, Dec. 7. Merionethshire-At Dolgelly, Monday. Dec. 10. Montgomeryshire-At Welch Pool, Wednesday, Dec. 12. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BEAL, mine-agent, Truro, Cornwall, to surrender Sept. 21 and Oct. 23, at eleven, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro. Leach, Little, and Woollcombe, Devonport ; H. W. and W. C. Sole, Aldermanbury, London. BARNABAS MITCHELL, builder, York, Sept. 24, and Oct. 23, at one, at the Black Swan, York. Strangways and Walker, Barnard's Inn, London ; Blackburn and Hopps, Leeds. CHARLES HYACINTHE DUBOC, silk-dyer, Princes street, Spitalfields, Sept. 18, at one, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-pla?.e, Old Jewry, official assignee ' Gray, Flemming's-street, Kingsland-road. JANE HUTCHIN SON, spirit-dealer, East Retford, Notting hamshire, Sept. 26, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at Rae White Hart Inn, East Retford. Hawkins, Blo xam , an d Stocker, New Bos well-court, Carey-street, London; Mee and Bigsby, East Retford. ROBERT BRIGGS, cotton-spinner, Ulverstone, Lancaster, September 26, and October 23, at twelve, at the Braddyll Arms Inn, Ulverstone. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford row, London ; Moser; Kendal. THOMAS JENNINGS, jun., slate and coal-merchant, Can terbury, September 23 and October 23, at twelve, at the Guild hall, Canterbury. Kirk, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane, London ; Wilkinson, Canterbury. JOHN SAUNDERS, junior, bookseller, Paternoster-row, Sept. 21, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at th e Court of Ba n k rup t cy . Clark, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee; Adiington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bed ford-row. CHARLES PRICE, lamp-manufacturer, Clerkenwell-green, Sept. '2O, at eleven, and Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, Basingliall-street, official assignee; Murray, London -street, Fenchurch-street. WILLIAM GADSBY, jun., builder, Cheetham, Lancashire, Oct. 1, and 23, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester; Appleby, King's road, Bedford-row, London; Oliver, Manchester. WILLIAM HOUGHTON, linen-manufacturer, Kirkham, Lancashire, Sept. 25, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston, Lancashire; Appleby, King's-road, Bedford-row, London; Liddell and Whiteside, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. DIVIDENDS. J. Cannington, sen., and J. Cunnington, jun., ironmongers, Spalding, Lincolnshire, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Spalding —A. Cockburn, grocer, Carlisle, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Coffee H ouse , Carlisle—R. Procter, farmer, Nettleham, Lincoln shire, Oct. 2, at el even , a t th e Offi ce o f M essrs. D u ddi ng an d Cooke, Lincoln—R. Wall, linen draper, Great Yarmouth, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Duke's Head, Great Yarmouth—S. Brown and Cheetham, commission agents, Manchester, Oct. 3, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—W. Clarkson and J. Wa terhouse, cloth manufacturers, Stanningley, Yorkshire, Oct. 3, at two, at the Court House, Leeds—H. Conway, general merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 19, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool— T. Smith, ironmonger, Stockport, Cheshire, Oct. 2, at three, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—W. Whitmore, watch manufacturer, Stockport, Cheshire, Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Com missioners' Rooms, Manchester—J. Taylor, victualler, Ulverston, Lancashire, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Royal Oak Inn, Lancaster— H. Norfolk, Manchester, Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, OCT. 2. J. Lovell, plumber, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—C. Evans, banker, Manchester—T. Ashton, cotton spinner, Stock port, Cheshire—J. Brown and W. H. Williams, paper colourers, Birmingham—W. P. and W. Williams, drapers, Bexley, Kent— W. and A. 0. Medley, bank ers , Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Rowland and F. Hight, builders, Stroud, Kent—J. Cross and K. R. E. Foote, wine merchants, Rood- lane—G. Crooke and S. Manlove, bobbin turners, Holy Moor Mill, Derbyshire—J. and R. Dempster, Wells, Somersetshire—T. Proudfoot and T. Proud foot, jun , booksellers, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square—D. Clayton and W. Airey, machine makers, Harden Beck, Yorkshire —M. and T. Burnell, drapers, Bridgwater, Somersetshire—J. Harris and E. Rye, attorneys, Golden-square—J. Fishwiek and W. Jackson, veterinary surgeons, Oldham, Lancashire—R. Phil lips and Co.—E. and G. Smith, carpenters, Worcester—J. Win terbottom and T. Chadwick, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire—C. Pooley and Co., cotton spinners, Manchester—S. Meredith and A. B. Ellis, school-mistresses, Dublin—H. Lister and Co., ship carpenters, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. _ _ DAVID BRUCE, merchant, Wick, Sept. 18 and Oct. 2, at one, at the Caledonian Hotel, Wick. Lieut.-Colonel Chichester William Crookshank, K. H. (whose death was announced last week), entered the arm y at an early age, in the year 1799, and was a gallant and e fficient officer, his military career being attended throughout w ith the utmost credit and distinction. He was actively em ployed ra d, troopsa nd Pack. at the assault At t h in the West Indies, in the capture of the Danish Islands in 1801—was present at the taking of the Cape of Goodaew t Elope under n i d n e 1806—and rthe late Generals shared i n w t h h i e t e c i campaign a i A g ti c h i m n u S c o h u t t y h , America, the of B attacktien Buenos and A Ayres. storming He likewise e joined of Mon Video he received five wounds, and was mzde a prisoner with thelight Crawford, the expedition to Walchcren, and for a long period, in a fter-life, experienced the ill-effects of that disastrous climate. The Peninsular war, the brightest page in modern history, also witnessed him in active service in the army of the Duke of Wellington. He was present at the battles of Roleia, Vi miera, Busaco, and Fuentos d'Honor. A few days previous to the battle of Salamanca, he received a wound, while endea nvylß e n odo 3: that tttb eey Hano verianaELc Court Dublin,nt o i vouring with his battalion to discover a ford across the Douro, near the village of Pollos, in Spain. It did not prevent him, i ,i ,si rhaej wounded, neseathny:d: uNeevpagi Portuguese rhm d l ti jauec h i ngnac:td:lerytsdler.er whichmhw a o ei nwdt r h s daa e l st s shh a s ebfd l or l 3 0 rop t duri, : civ n aifplit d l oaaa e thsrumo r skes ral,t h oyhn i f cie m rsoeat . however, from sharing in that memorable engagement, in which he commanded a Portuguese regiment, was again ha took and presented to the late Sir Edward Pakenham, corn mandinff the 3d division of the army, an eagle of the 22d county Majesty's country ieei aitgo o d n Clinton, with the despatches. He was honoured by his late Por tuguese medal for three campaigns in the Peninsula. Lieut.- Colonel Crookshank was the youngest son of the Right Hon. f A or le m xa a n n d y e y r eaCrrsoooknsehaonfkiheof Justices s n o - Common Pleas, Ireland. per formedneg second here betw o e n epni ll e l t coweno,d after ee night oe w u g i D t h h eaysi personages,littlel ,s o i m ) e r u a s i c an a na s dm could No v w u ig e e l h. l : ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.--A new domestic meld-drama, in two acts, entitled Self Accusation was be introduced, considering the titl e o f t h e house. It was played l ca a os t mi id th and the M. P., the incidents were too painful, we think, however, give was s u fa performance ci ently well a conceived, chance o f popularity. an d the pieceT l plot, lvas successful. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-SEPT. 11 (Before S;r C. F. WILLIAMS. ) GEORGE BROWN'S BANKRUPTCY. In this bankruptcy an application was made this morning on the behalf of Mr. Stewart, of Cheltenham, to the Court, for an order for a dividend made a few days since in this estate. The applicant stated that his client had proved under the Commis sion, which is rather of ancient date, for the sum of 4501. on a bond and three bills and promissory notes, making the amount due from the bankrupt. The bond he could now produce, but the promissory notes had, unfortunately, been lost, and his re quest now was (he having made the usual affidavit in such cases) that the Court would give him an ord 'r to receive the dividend (about ninepence in the pound) lately declared. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS, after examining the bond and further questioning the solicitor applying, granted the order. JOSEPH EWBANK'S BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupt, a linendraper of Oxford-street. appeared be fore the Court to pass his final examination On presentiug his balance sheet the official assignee, with several creditors, strongly expressed their dissatisfaction with the statements therein made, and prayed the Court to adjourn the proc , cl ings, it being necessary that the bankrupt should be examined on his account, it. private, previous to the adoption of the balance sheet now presented, as " a true and correct state of his affairs and effects." The COURT agreed, and the meeting was ordered to stlnd adjourned. (Before Mr. Comtnisiioner HOI.RO YD. ) GEORGE ORBELL'S BANKRUPTCY. The first meeting of creditors of this bankrupt,, a horse dealer of some celebrity, resident in Essex, well known in the sporting circles, was held for the choice of assignees and the proof of debts. His liabilities exceed 4.0001. A nurnb,o- of proofs were tensl•ered, but the bankrupt not having kept an account of his multifarious transactions, the official assignee was unable to test their accuracy, and the Va rious creditors failing to give suqicient evidence on that In. ad, Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD directed that one and all must be adjourned till the various claimants produced their books, to show the dealings and the amount of debt. The choice of assignees was consequently postponed till Friday next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. William Mills Thomas, the pretended Indian missionary, was brought before Mr. DYER and Mr. CHAMBERS for final examination, charged with having stolen the pocket-handker chief of Captain Hyde Parker Lawrence. Captain Lawrence said the prisoner called on him and soli cited a sovereign, to assist him in his pious intentions of going out to India as a missionary. Prosecutor gave him half a sovereign and the addresses of two of his friends, and after the prisoner was gone he missed his pocket-handkerchief. All parties were bound over to prosecute. Mr. CHAMBERS looked over the subscription papers found on the prisoner, indicating that he had in a very short time received between 4001. and 500/. from the charitable, and ob served it was an easy matter to ascertain if the signatures were genuine. . . Mr DYER said, with respect to the prisoner's pretended desire to go out as a missionary, the pretext had no doubt been put forth as a means of obtaining with greater facility the contributions of the humane. The prisoner asserted that his object was to go out as a missionary. He was respectably connected; he was a rela tive of Colonel Mills Thomas and Mr. Midwinter, who was a relative of the late Sir John Chambers. Mr. CHAMBERS-That's not true. I know Mr. Midwinter very well, and I likewise know he is not related to my late father. I advise you, when you come there again, not to make use of the name of Chambers. You must take some other. The prisoner appeared rather confounded at this expose, and covered his confusion by muttering something that was inau dible. He was fully committed. MARY LEBONE. Yesterday a decently-dressed man, who was formerly clerk at a booking-office in Oxford -street, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. Hoskins, charged with having plundered the house of Mr. Joseph Ireland, architect, No. 9, Osnaburgh-strcet, Regent's Park, of property to the amount of 801. Mr. HosKiNs discharged the prisoner, desiring, at the same time, that the police would use their utmost endeavours to clear up the mysterious affair, and th ing the offender or offenders to justice. HATTON-GARDEN. John Blount, a man of respectable appearance, was placed at the bar, charged by Mr. William Waterman, proprietor of the Chancery Coffee-house, No. 315, Holborn, with haviag stolen two penny French rolls, and two pieces of loaf-sugar. The prosecutor, having been .sworn, stated that about six months ago the prisoner introduced himself to him as a mer chant, and took lodgings in his house, since which time he had had his meals there, and was treated in every respect as a gentleman, and no suspicion was entertained of his dis honesty. He was in the habit of rising very early in the morning, as a reason for which he said that he was in the habit of smoking cigars, but witness discovered that his rolls, loaf-sugar, and butter were continually missing, and he began to suspect the prisoner ; but not wishing to tax the prisoner with so paltry a theft, he determined on adopting stratagem to discover the thief, and he caused Miss Waterman to stick a brass pin in some of the rolls, and on Monday morning, after the prisoner arose to indulge in his habits of smoking, they missed several of the rolls and some loaf-sugar from a box in the bar. They questioned the prisoner, and requested him to allow his box to be searched, which he refused, when a police-constable was called in, and on searching his box three rolls, one of which was partly eaten, were found, and the two whole ones contained the identical pins which Miss Waterman had stuck in them, also two pieces of loaf-sugar (now produced), and the prisoner was given into custody. Miss Waterman corroborated this evidence, and the con stable proved finding the rolls with the pins in them. Mr. Weream asked the prisoner what he had to say to tie charge ? Prisoner—That it is unwarrantable, unjustifiable, and uncharitable, on the part cf the prosecutor. Mr. WITHAM— It is so on your part. Prisoner—l have been lodging there six months, and I purchased the rolls. Mr. WITHAM—What, do your purchase rolls with pins in them ? The prisoner made no reply. Mr. Wiliam—Pray what are you? Prisoner—l am a mer chant, and I am on my way to the Mediterranean by the ship Hennes, with my brother. Mr. WITHAM said he would remand him, and he was then locked up. John Barnard, a greengrocer, residing in St. John-street, Clerkenwell, was brought to this office on a summons, to an swer the complaint of Inspector Dewing, of the G division, for kec ping open his shop at unreasonable hours to supply oysters. Dlr. ROGERS—You are fined 20s. and costs. Mr. ROGERS told him that unless tho fine was paid he would bo committed for fourteen days and hard labour to the House of Correction. Defendant—Then I will go to hard labour before I pay the fine. I have got a ►vife and five children. Ho was handed over to the gaoler, when, by the advice cf some persons, he reluctantly paid the p2palty and costs, saying it was a hard case to be fined or sent to prison and hard labour for trying to support his family by selling only a few oysters. QUEEN- S QUA RE. SINGULAR APPLICATION.—As the Magistrates were about retiring yesterday, a very fashionably-attired young woman, acc i pmpanied by another, who had the appearance of her sister, applied to the Bench under the following circum stances : The younger female, whose tale was frequently interrupted by sobs, stated that she had one child, a boy, four years of age, on whom she literally doated. She had suffered the child fre quently to go on a visit to her friends, but they now refused to allow it to return, and although she had supplicated in the most earnest terms for its restoration, they had declared their determination to adopt it and bring it up as their own. Mr. BURRELL inquired whether it was a relative who had her child ? The applicant said it was her own father. Mr. BURRELL was desirous of knowing what reason they assigned for such a singular course ? Applicant—l know of none, excepting what they say ; that is, they like the child and mean to keep it. Mr. BURRELL—How long have they had it on this occa sion ? Applicant—They asked me to let it go there a month ago, and I was foolish enough to part with it on their pro misingto let me have it when I wished. I tried by force to obtain possession of it on Sunday, but could not. Mr. BURRELL—I can't assist you ; it must be done by habeas. I have no power. " CALL AGAIN ToBIORROW."—Joseph Frantzhen, a fellow who has before figured as defendant, yesterday appeared at this office, as complainant against a poor oyster vender, named Stacey, whom he charged with doing considerable damage and assaulting him. The complainant preluded his statement with the important information that his wife was " governess to Lord John Rus sell." It appeared that, having a party of friends to dine with him on Sunday week, and wishing to give them a treat, he ordered three shillings worth of oysters of the defendant, with a request that he would lend a jug to early them in. They were duly delivered at Barrack Cottage, King's-road, Chelsea, the complainant's residence, and the bearer was requested to call for the money on the morrow. He did so, but complainant on this and other occasions was " not at home." According to complainant's statement the defendant came on Monday, rang the bell violently, collected a crowd, abused him, and was aided by those around him applying the epithet " French rogue and scoundrel," and pelted stones at the door, hot house, and himself, in consequence of which, independent of the assaults committed upon himself, damage to the amount of 11. 6s. had been incurred. Defendant, when called upon, stated that he could neither get the money for the oysters, nor even the jug in which they were carried home. He had called and sent until he was tired. He then went there as described, but the mob had col lected prior to his visit. In short, complainant had incurred " little liabilities" with divers tradesmen in the neighbour hood, whom he there found exceedingly clamorous and riotous, and amongst whom was an omnibus conductor, who declared he'd have his shilling, or the worth of it out of the glass. He (the defendant) denied throwing any stones, and said that a female, who lived near the house, could prove that he did not. The complainant, who gave way to" unutterable gr i e f," and after weeping a flood of tears, sobbingly said, " Pardon ner moi. Ah 1 sare, it dit I am not respectable. He pitch von great stone. Voila 1 Monsieur, look at de stones (at the same time exhibiting three immense paving stones). Dis von he pitch der, the others de do the same." Mr. WHITE—Then why don't you pay this poor man, who merely wants the money for his goods?—Complainant—l say 3 ou call demain (to-morrow. ) Mr. WHITE—You appear to have always said, " Call again to-morrow;" at least he says so. Why not have paid him? You ought to have paid him, and then he would not have an noyed you. Scrjeant Ki m b er o f . th e V di v i s i on , s t a t e d that a servant girl living opposite had told him that the defendant did not throw any stones. Mr. WHITE —Well, I shall dismiss this complaint. Complainant —(enraged)—No justice, because I Am not Anglais. Mr. WHITE—That is my decision. Complainant again alluded to his being a foreigner as . the teasen why the case had been decided against him. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday John Byrne. the mate of ih;ship Charles, from Prince Edwar .'s I,la irl, was brought before Mr. GREEN.. wool) fur find examinittitnt on a charge of stealing 27 sove reigns and a tit heoc, the money and property of George Fo o t , the carpenter of the same ship. After evidence had been given against him, the prisoner, by the advice of Mr. Wooller, declineo saying anything in ad dition to what he had before a ,id---that he brought 34 SaveT reigns from Princt. Ed , vatd's Island. sir. GREENWOOD, %ifter lo , g uxamination, said he be" lieved the pris,ner 11,1 stolen his shiornato's Innnev while wa, in a state of intoxication, and fully committed the priso ner to Newgate for zr at. FURIOUS .ATTACK ON Alit. AMBUROFIt OF AST' LEY's AMPHITHEATRE, BY ONE OF HIS TIGERS.-Sit.Ce Wed' t.e,d the principal topic of conversation in the ther.tri- cat worhl h-..s been .th- furious attack made on Mr. Van Am burgh, c; hose exhibition at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 0C bens, tigers, leopards, and other animals of the forest, in the grand nological spectacle . entitled the Lion Conqueror of Pompeii, has excited within these few thy. , past sa much public attention. Mr. Van Amburgh has barn styled by the philohkas of th e ab o v e equestrian establishment as the brut e tamer, and cert a i n ly the appellation is applied, as the following daring feat will prove, for never was the courage or the presence of mind of mac put to a severer test. From the information obtained by our reporter yesterday, from an authentic source, it BP pears that on Wednesday last a rehearsal was going on in Silt circus of the theatre, when Mr. Van Amburgh, wishing one 0 1 his tigers to perform a certain feat, which the animal was ut terly unable or unwilling to accomplish, had recourse to severe corporal punishment, which chastisement he inflicted with a large horsewhip. Smarting under the pain, of the lash, t'° animal became incensed, and suddenly sprang upon Mr. Va n , Amburgh, who instantly was h ur l e d w i t h v i o l ence to the groun d froth the strength and weight of his incensed assailant. Mr. Van Amburgh, who is of Herculean caste, end p ,, a essilt h g e extraordinary mu scu l ar p ower , i nstant l y perceivod t itn intention of the animal, which was th at o f tear i n g h 1111 ,,C; pieces, and with th e courage an d presence o f m i n d w hich' ",/ men possess, seized his foe by the lip of the lower jaw, a° thus pinioned him as a bull dog would an ox at a bait. A long and fearful struggle now ensued, in the course of which both the man and th e t i ger ro ll e d over severa l t i mes. At length' Mr. Van A m b urg h got t h e b etter o f his foe by throwing h, mi on his back, at the same time kneeling on his stomach, an with his other hand, which was till now unengaged, " T r menced striking the prostrate animal with his clenched fist, tb blows following in quick succession over the head, face, at . particularly th e nose , unt il the b lood flowed from the s'lv-- dued animal, who here quivered under the grasp of his non" qucror. At length Mr. Van Amburgh, perceiving that k° had completely overcome him, released his hold, and the 01 " mal, finding himself at liberty, retired a short distance fr om his master, and crouched down as if severely suffering fr ogs the punishment he had received. It may be prop e r to 110 ; tion that th e p er f ormers (so we understood) did not pay ati: attention to th e strugg l e , cons id er i ng that it was mere ly a r hearsal of the part to be played in the evening, until they s a d him administering the severe chastisement as before describe to the enraged animal, and its efforts to compel Mr. Van A ll/ burgh to release his hold. This encounter did not at °''nb; pede the ent er t a i nments o f t h e even i ng. — J o h n above story, we have learned, has no foundation in fact ; ac abl t n i; more occurred at the re h earsa l, as it i s ca ll e d, o f t h e ti g er all tiger -tamer than what ordinarily takes place. Mr. Van coin" burgh h as re d uce d t h e an i ma l s w hi c h h e ex hibi ts t o plete state of o b e di ence t o hi s comman d s , an d, though '' / to and tigers a re ra th er more d angerous to me ddl e with or bs , keep in a stat e o f su bj ec ti on t h an l a pd ogs an d kitt e ns, be 0, or no occasion to use any peculiar violence in his disciplin e ' subject even a ti g e r " t o severe cor p ora l p un ishment ie list in large horsewhip" to such an extent as to render a nag t contest with his pupil a matter of necessity. The write: to his very graphic des cr ipti on o f th e " fight," has infor med that " the tiger got a bl oo dy nose ," b u t. h e h as forgottes n tb t o mention whether or not h e rece i ve d a bl ac k e ye. A foo l " Fancy" will be interested in the thing, we beg to 1 0 them the match did not "come off" at all.] On Sunday morning, as a boat was passing, a l l the canal, near to Old T ra ff or d, th e boat m e n discovered body of a girl in the wat er , w hi c h was t a k en out, arid co e dfi veyed to the Northumb e rl an d A rms , w h ere i t was iden" o f in the course of the d a y as Eli za Duffin, the daughter nest Francis Duffle, sizer, of Silv er - s t ree t, Hulme, An lagn,ehe wes held on th: body o n Monday, when it aprared that deceased, who w as on l y n i ne years of age, le f t home abot,' She six o'clock on S s t ur d ay morning, and never returned. ,„ was a daughter of Duffin by a former wife, he having bejle married to his present wife about three years; and with i i n ne e last two years, the deceased had frequently ran away, tri a , ° ,bo had been out all night. Two of her brothers stated the,_ er, deceased ran away on account of the cruelty of her steplooroo,, who chained her in the house and beat her. The father, Ja il , ever, stated th at h e never saw h i s w i fe use t h e c hild cru e V o but she kept IL I- in the house on account of her away. TI e Jury returned a verdict of—Found Drowne d ' Macclesfield Courier. An account a pp eare d i n our paper a few days— c leY inc , s e d of plate, t o th e va l ue o f 211., having been sto l en froml A ,to Hotel, Bridg e - street , Bl ac kf r i ars. There i s eve ry reas°-, so believe tie rob'stry was committed by a foreigner who ca w ent lodge at the hotel th e d ay th e ro bb ery too k p lace. He Two out in the evening, and has never been seen s ince• bee , large trunks, w hi c h h e b roug h t w i t h h i m, have sinentiles, broken open, an d f oun d to conta i n a quant i t y of ea ther e, broken into sma ll p i eces , w i t h a l ayer of hay b e tween to prevent their rattling. A_ Sco tch TIIE KN OWLEDGE QUALIFICATION.---- ere paper, the fair interpretation of whose attack on the coars e re , commended to the working. men by the more . enlightene o u tch t formers both of Scotland and England, is that gno o rp t c h e e Fran , not to be held a disqualification for the exercise . chise, a s k s , " i s an I r i s h Roman Catholic disqualified by on ignorance and superstition ?" This is a strange siu r e; on. from a Liberal in politics, and a lover of liberty in re 11 ,,d,. Again, our Liberal asks " were the pretensions of tine e n ape man Thom more extravagant than those put forth by . ,_ do e. a Rome, specially urged by the advocates of Rormshl i, or gences, and solemnly proclaimed at every station, holy we an confessional in Ireland ?" After such unfairness in mecle r so, opponent, and so miserable a display of sickening sectar_.; be nt as the interrogator proclaims, those persons who eV 11 °. , on carrying the people's petition for Universe) Chart e ` e d e ice• be chary, we think, in adopting their professed friend's P___!‹. Vied SILVER PLATE.—Purchasers Ma variety of patterns of SILVER SPOONS and FORK cSbc e 0 °• •11 the patterns having much m er it an d novelty • at T. o nto- ' VORY'S, Silversmith, W a t c h ma k er, and G o ld sm ith, 47, London, (Seven doors from Gracechurch street.) Pa ttern The best wrought Silver S poons an d F or k s , Fiddle 7s. 2d. per ounce ; the King's Pattern 7s. 4d. per o unce. , d al The following are the weights recommended, but the article a be had lighter or heavier at the same • ounce : Xs' 4 Fiddle Pattern oz sO. s iic..l;l'esePl:tetrer„ oz. f , • ct 13 0 12 table spoons 30 at 7 2...10 la 0 i 12 taule spoons...lo at 7 1•" 1 9 4 1!? 12 dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 3 4 1 12 dessert ditt0...20 . 7 , 7' . :14 13 8 12. table forks 3O 7 2...10 15 0 12 table forks —.40 '"• 9 11 0 12 desert ditto •.:0 7 2... 73 4 12 dessert ditto 21S 4 4 :: 4 a 0 2 gravy spoons 10 7 2... 311 2 gravy spoons 12 7 4 0 1 soup ladle 10 7 2... 311 8 1 soup ladle ...... P 2 7 , j o. 4 1 0 4 sauce ditto ~ l 0 7 8.., 310 8 4 sauce ditto ...1 2 • y 0 4 salt spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 salt ditto (strong g ilt) •• 3 0 1 fish slice 12 tea spoons —lO 78 3 16 8 12 tea spoons ...14 7 .. 1 ttga 1 pair sugar tongs Ol5 0 I pair suga r tongs ...... _re The ground floo r , a l so th e fi rs t, secon d, and third flow. , Tplate A up as Show Rooms, to contain a large stock of Silver a° Sa t. Goods, Jewellery, Watches, &c. ; and purchasers will fi h ii s bale, l l3 vantages, both in respect of Price and variety, at this Est i a" to ill for N. B.—A pamphlet containing a list of Prices of a', ll be Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or v , " warded in answer to a post-paid applicatior. e Re Y , BIRTHS. On the Bth i ns t., at Woodmanstune Rectory, the Wife o f th 1 la dy Of "e Charles Crawf or d o f a d aughter. At his house, Park -crescent, Portland-place, the '3.-' Or Hon. Baron Alerson of a daughter. c Th 1 1125 On the 9th ins d t., at , Sevenoaks, Kent, the lady o f --° the nell, Esq., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at the Vicarage, Cam, lady of the Rev. George Madan, of a son. G °llll ' . On the 9th ins, at Highgate-rise, Mrs. Henry" ll' I lady Of I ' York-street, Covent-garden, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Streatham-hill-road, the _.. Montetiore, &q., of a still-born daughter Gloucestershire, of MARR/E D. On the 11th i ns t . , a t St. Mary Abbot's, Kensingr am fav'''art Smirke, Esq., o f th e T emp l e, b arr i s t er , to Barri youngest daughter of the late Thomas Neill, Escl- ----_---- Dtil , On Wednesday, sth Sept, at her house in the Cir„6_l9o'„ailov" aged 71, Mrs. B cown l ow , w id ow o f t h e l a t e Charles r" ,_ 133 - Esq., of Lurga n , coun t y A rmag h , I re l an d . La On the 4th i ns t. ; i n Ch ape l -street, Grosvenor-place, u'' Kara Craufurd, aged 39. he ilev‘ On the 9 th inst., at Brighton, Emma Jane, widow of t f Gnat Dr. hooker of Rottingdean. On the Bth inst., at Brixton, Mr. William Parker, ° Tower-street, aged 9 7. - , ~,,,, fla rk ' oesOs,nlathtee o l f 7 t t i h ie u ll lt o ., n ..a.k .E L a y st m h p i s d t i o a ne do D m e p v a o o n, Captain He . On the Bth inst., at Lower Tooting, S u y ril s ey 3 , l .lo it h a n ryfis:brevrtsc' 5(1.' aged 63. ra Sar` lll 3' ' On the 9th inst., at Coombe, Bury, Kingston-on-Than eli' WO' relict of th e l a t e J osep h Mun 'ard, Esq aged 74. L e wis le On the 9th i ns t., at El ms, near L m"initon, Hants' ge l prang Liam Mul cas t er , age d 8, you ' ngest son of Lieut. -Colonc gi b Taylor. So phia, On the sth i ns t., a t W a t er l oo , n ear Liverpoo l, ggl' daughter of Thomas Forsyth, Esq., aged 16. 0 f One ße d t h h a e m 9 p t t h on i n_spta.r,k, harts g r relict c 6 t 3 o . f the late James Browny, an e t., l a te On the 10th inst., Elizabeth, aged 65, widow of t. FoOn lkd, Esq., of the Lndon-road, Southwark. ~..i ain Sture b ' ar the Bth inst., at York-terrace, Regent's-park , I ' l ' l Esq., aged 86. ..no•nr••• ••• •''' SOO _ - N G to YO London: Printed and Published by M UltDO Y— t he )0 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, 111 of Middlesex.—Wednesday, Septanber 12, NO'